This is Maggie, and she’s sensitive. Not sensitive in that she needs a comforting pet when a loud truck zooms by or that she loves hugs. Those are both true, but Maggie is an ESP (extrasensory pupper). She sees dead people. Maybe you have your own ESP. When Maggie barks in the middle of the […]
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Rudy, tag champ
This is Rudy, and he loves to play tag. He’s got that fantastic, Lemmy-esque head of hair that catches the wind while he shreds the grass and mulch and porch beneath his feet, and you can almost hear him wailing Ace of Spades while sister Mattie’s the perfect accompaniment, jammin on drums as she goes […]
Bamboo, the cure
Oh, Bam, the cure for any Monday feelings He don’t care what day of the week it is or what the clock says – he just knows it’s walk time! (with a side of bear hug/growly toy time) I felt like we should’ve had the Rocky theme playing for us today – as we wound […]
Bamboo, know his name
My boy Bamboo has long been the face of the Critter Chronicler but has remained a mystery so far. No longer! He’ll answer to Bam or Boo, Bamboo if he’s being naughty, Booby for silly times, Whoa Black Betty Bamba Lamb if the music strikes him, but never Bambi – that gets the fangs bared […]
Celebrity Doppelgangers
Lulu vs. Adam Driver (photo from wtop.com) Our pets are celebrities around the house, but sometimes they resemble Hollywood-types: Mocha vs. Snoop (photos from Sarah H. bodyartguru.com) Savannah vs. Sophie Turner (photos from Suka and popsugar.com) Does your pet look like a celebrity? Let me know!
Gordon, Belle, Buddy, Jackson, & Sadie, life in the Green
Who’d have thought these farm dogs were poetry lovers? It’s not that surprising, really, as only a poet could capture the beauty of Kentucky in the spring. A little Madness in the SpringIs wholesome even for the King,But God be with the Clown – Who ponders this tremendous scene – This whole Experiment of Green – As if […]
EmmyLou, bootlegger
This is EmmyLou. I’ve gotten to know her real well during this quarantine while her momma goes out to save the world. EmmyLou didn’t always have her life so together, though. She tells me there was a time she’d run bags of Ol’ Roy missing their tax stickers over the mountains. Sometimes she’d have to […]
Aubrey, fresh from the dryer
This is Aubrey (who recently turned four but doesn’t look a day over two!). You know that feeling when you put on socks or underwear fresh from the dryer? All warm and cozy, reminding you of snuggling on the couch with a blanket and hot drink during a thunderstorm… That’s Aubrey. She is the living, […]
Quarantine, a tale in letters
My Dearest Birdbane (named Chill by the humans): It is now day 26 of the crisis I am calling, They. Just. Won’t. Leave. The humans have interrupted so many First Midmorning and Second Late Afternoon naps, yet have the audacity to be annoyed when I must gambol about during the night. The house echoes with […]
Maggie, the maestro
Maggie is one of our downtown quarantine babies, reminding us we’re all in this together!